How Jaguars' 2025 Draft Compared to Past Consensus Board Hauls

When it comes to the NFL Draft, even the phrase "inexact science" doesn't quite do it justice.

The draft is, by and large, a crapshoot. No scout or general manager has a crystal ball that can tell how a young athlete will develop at the NFL level, despite the number of whom believe they do.

That is why one of the most tried and true ways to evaluate the draft processes teams execute is via the consensus board.

When the consensus board says a team drafted well, people love it. When they say their team didn't draft well, it is hogwash.

But time has proven that as far as draft projections go, the consensus board is typically outperforming the house. People were upset at how low the Jaguars' draft graded by the consensus board last season, for example, but by the end of the year the Jaguars had few impacts being made by their rookies outside of Brian Thomas Jr., Jarrian Jones and Cam Little.

Last year's general, uh, reaction to the consensus board and the Jaguars' draft gave me insipirtation for this article, which we will now run in each annual post-draft process.

The idea is simple: how did Jaguars' general manager Trent Baalke do by the consensus board in his four drafts from 2021-2024, and how did James Gladstone do in 2025? While we won't know how good of a draft class Gladstone put together for another few years, it is at least worth looking at the process.

We will start with the 2021 draft class, which had the Jaguars selecting Trevor Lawrence at No. 1 overall.